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American Soccer League (1988–1989)

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Former soccer league

Football league

American Soccer League
Founded	1988
Folded	1989
Replaced by	American Professional Soccer League
Country	United States
Number of clubs	10

TheAmerican Soccer League was a professionalsoccer league in the United States. The league was founded in 1988 as an East Coast counterpart to the West Coast-basedWestern Soccer Alliance. The American Soccer League lasted only two seasons, merging with the WSA in 1990 to form theAmerican Professional Soccer League. The ASL is unrelated to either of the previous leagues which were also named "American Soccer League".

History

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The league comprised ten teams on theEast Coast in an attempt to support professional outdoor soccer in the wake of theNorth American Soccer League's collapse in 1984.^[1] During its second season, the league championFort Lauderdale Strikers played theSan Diego Nomads, champions of theWestern Soccer Alliance in the1989 National Pro Soccer Championship.^[2] On February 22, 1990, the ASL and WSA announced that they would merge to form theAmerican Professional Soccer League. Theinaugural season would be modeled based onMajor League Baseball, with separate schedules and the winners of each league playing a championship game. The new league would satisfy a requirement fromFIFA to establish and maintain a professional league ahead of the1994 World Cup, to be hosted by the United States.^[3]

Teams

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Albany Capitals (1988–89)
Boston Bolts (1988–89)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–89)
Maryland Bays (1988–89)
Miami Sharks (1988–89)

New Jersey Eagles (1988–89)
Orlando Lions (1988–89)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (1988–89)
Washington Diplomats (1988–89)
Washington Stars (1988–89)

Champions

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Season	Winner	Runners-up	Top scorer
1988	Washington Diplomats	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Jorge Acosta
1989	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Boston Bolts	Ricardo Alonso Mirko Castillo

ASL/WSL Championship
Year	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance
1989	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–1	San Diego Nomads	Spartan Stadium	San Jose, California	8,632

References

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^Lazzarino, Chris (April 15, 1988)."Soccer's goal—survival with a profit".South Florida Sun Sentinel. p. 1C. RetrievedMay 31, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Ferman, Gary (September 8, 1989)."Soccer contrasts collide on field".The Miami Herald. p. 7D. RetrievedMay 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^Richardson, Kenneth (February 23, 1990). "Seattle part of new soccer merger".Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. G4.

External links

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v t e American Soccer League (1988–1989)
1988 1989
Teams	Albany Capitals Boston Bolts Fort Lauderdale Strikers Maryland Bays Miami Sharks New Jersey Eagles Orlando Lions Tampa Bay Rowdies Washington Diplomats Washington Stars

v t e Defunct soccer leagues in the United States
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Indoor/arena	MISL (1978–1992) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–1997) EISL (1997–1998) WISL (1998–2001) MISL (2001–2008) AISL (2002–2008) XSL (2008–2009) MISL (2008–2014)
Women's	WUSA (2001–2003) WPS (2009–2011) WLS (2011–2013) WPSL Elite (2012–2013) USL W-League (1995–2015)

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Professional	MLS History Playoffs MLS Cup USL Division One (proposed) USL Championship USLC Final USL League One NISA MLS Next Pro
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Defunct	AFA (1884–1924) ALPF (1894) APSL (2015–2018) NAFL (1895–1898) ASL (1921–1933) ASL (1933–1983) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–1984) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–1992) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USISL (1989–1994) APSL (1990–1996) USL-2 (1995–2010) USL-1 (1996–2009) D2 Pro (2010) PLA (2015–2017) NASL (2011–2017)

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Futsal leagues

Cup competitions

Current	U.S. Open Cup USL Cup National Amateur Cup Hank Steinbrecher Cup U.S. Open (indoor)
Defunct	AAFA Cup American Cup Lewis Cup

Women's

National teams

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Professional	NWSL NWSL Challenge Cup NWSL Shield Playoffs USL Super League NWSL Division 2 (proposed) WPSL PRO (proposed)
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